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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-13

Inthe past nine years 131 employees
have been killed and 965 severely in
iured while coupling cars in the State
Of Iowa alone. Two years ago the
Railroad Gazette showed, as the re-
suit OF a careful inquiry, that the
probable annual mortality oirailroad
employees due to this cause was 45O,
while the number OF those severely
injured in a year was estimated at
4,O73. This appalling loss of life can
be avoided. Surely the discovery OF
a safe coupler is not beyond the pow,
err OF American inventive genus.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-13

The stockholders Of the New York
banks must be a pretty rich as well
as thrifty set OF people. They paid
personal taxes a short time ago into
the city treasury, as required by q re.
cent decision OF the United States Su-
preme Court, and the amount was
found to be So, 500, 900. They hoped
10 get rid OF paying this tax, but when
the decision of the highest court was
known, they walked up and settled
according to law.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-13
Enormous Increase Of Western Trade.

The weekly trade review by r. G. Dun q
Co., OF New York says: Thefeature OF bus
mess reports is the enormous increase re-
ported at many Western points. In that
section the interstate act, though checking
trade at some important points, seems to
have produced a feeling OF extraordinary
confidence in a much larger number oil
towns. Other causes, particularly the
speculation il real estate and the ac-
tiyity in building, contribute to swell the
transactions surprisingly. At Cincin-
natl clearings show an increase OF 80 per
cent over last year, atSt. Louis 16 per cent
and at Chicago IA, while st. Paul and San
Francisco report gains OF 43 per cent,
Memphis, st. Joseph, Peoria, exceeding 80
per cent, Indianapolis and Denver nearly
so per cent, Omaha 102 per cent and
Wichita, KAN, lilo per cent. Apart from
land trading and new building, other bust
ness has beetl remarkably active through
out that region. st. Paul notes a
large output OF -four, Cincinnati
and Milwaukee a distinct improves
ment in trade and collections, and the sup
ply OF money seems everywhere ample.
Eastern cities do not find a corresponding
Improvement in trade. Large amounts Of
capital are going to the West on mortgage
loans. Railroad earnings give proof that
while traffic is large the increase falls far
short OF reported grains in the volume Of
business in the West. Reports OF railroads
for April show an average increase OF II
per cent in gross earnings over last year.
Already 976 miles OF railroad have been
completed against $50 to date last year,
n new contracts are offered in great
variety and large amounts, but the uncer-
lain prospects "a to rates and the decis
ions OF the interstate commission affects
investments in stocks, though prices have
improved a little. The enormous supply
OF money goes far to explain the situation.
Not only has the treasury added about
"a, 972, 900 TO the circulation in April, but
the abundance and cheapness OF money in
London are clearly felt here.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-13

Milwaukee, Sentinel. Unless John i.
Mitchell, John Johnston or David Fergu-
son choose To tell, no one will ever know
what amount OF wealth Alexander Mitchell
had amassed. The late banker took good
care OF thaa. In the first place he made
his widow and son sole ex-
ecutors aid stipulated that they
need furnish no bond (the amount
Of the bond in such case is supposed to
represent twice the value OF the estate.)
No inventory viii be tiled, as is usual, be-
cause the executors have decided to file a
bond sufficient tolcover the indebtedness,
and Mr.. Mitchelrs viii. after making d npm-
Der OF minor requests. leaves all the rest
OF the property to bis son, without specify
Ing what that rest Of his property con
sists Of.
The Mitchell estate Is not the only large
one concerning whose value the public Ii
in entire ignorance. The large Nunnemach-
or estate never got into the probate Office
at all. Mr.. Nunnemacher simply left a
private letter to one Of his sons directing
what disposition no wanted made oi his
property Tine PsFsiss estate was also
left under conditions which made It impos.
sible TO any one outside Of the heirs TO
learn itB value.
Wa N
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-13

Mr.. w. E. Darwin, son of the "Ori-
gin ofThecies," was in Washington the
other day. A reporter approached the
scion ofthe great scientist and ventured
to ask him for his notions on the ev-
olution of the human race as exhibit
ed in the citizens of the American Re-
ublic, but the learned gentlemen only
laughed at the very funny experiences
one does have in America. Why he
is in Waghington or in America, and
how long he isgoiug to stay, and what
he thinks about us, are matters which
In his opinion, newspapers and the
public ought not TO trouble about.
1t is refreshing nice in a while to read
such a rebuke to reportorial impu-
denee.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-13
d.. William Hutebinson, Probes

DR.. William Hutchinson, Professor
OF Hygiene at the Iowa College OF
Physicians and Surgeons, has recently
presented some interesting views as to
the relations that should exist be-
tween doctors and the doctored. He
gives some ogent reasons why at the
beginning OF the calender year each
individual or family should engage
his or their medical attendant for the
next twelve months, agreeing to pay
him a specified annual salary in adj
lance, either in full or in quarterly
Or monthly installments. Patients
would apply early for medical advice.
when a stitch in tins saves nine;'
later, there would be no objections to
frequent visits; and above allit would
give US a fair opportunity for tia
practice Of the grand branch of pre-
ventive medicine, a privilege which,
under the present system, is practi-
cally denied to us.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-13

aHNrN
The statement Of General Lord
WolseIey, thas England has for a
year been making preparations in an
ticipation Of a campaign necessited
by a European war, is an official de-
claration from an authoritative
source that there has been serious APP
prehension OF such military conflicts
as would inevitable involve England.
such having been the state Of affairs,
and the convidtion of Government,
what is the condition now9 Setting
aside as unimportant the incident Of
the arrest by Germany OF a French
military official, it is still true that
the relations OF these countries
are strained to tie highest degree.
What Russia is doing in the neighbor-
hood Of Afghanistau is only partially
known. England is not at this time,
however, surveying railroad routes
for the easier and speedier commune
cation between Candahar and cabul
without some special reason, real OF
supposed. The Bulgarian business is
il allegiance SO far as is known. Ger
many is ready to move half q million
men to the frontier in four days.
France Is making Ike preparations
Out VI all this may ornerecohciliatio
and peace. That Is devoutly to be
wished, but not England, nora any Con,
tinental nation, Is acting as if In the
belief Of contiR-Sa peace.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-13
Suicide Of Rev. Charles Ward.

A dispatch from New York OF Inlay 4, says:
Re- Charles Ward formerly rector Of st.
Paul's Episcopa! church at Englewood, N.
j., who shot himself and wife and tried to
kill his little daughter last February, was
found dead in his room at the home ofJudge
Drew, Rockland Lake. Judge Drew is the
rector's counsel in the CRIMINAL prosecu-
ton brought against him, and also in
the case of the suit Of his wife for
a bill as separation. About three
weeks ago the judge had his client taken to
his home, so as to be with him when he
prepared his answer to the charges. His
dead body was found this afternoon, and
in the room was an empty bottle which
had formerly contained a mixture Of hy-
drade OF chloral. The body vas discovered
by DR.. Watson OF Washington, D. c., q
guest OF Judge Drew. mote was found in
Mr.. Wards handwriting addressed to Mr..
Watson, saying that the choral prescribed
was not strong enough, and that he had
been obliged to take it all together. DR..
Ward was a long time rector of the Epis.
copal Church at Winona, Minnesota.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26
A Road nj Giaaa-

BY and by we reached the obSidian
clifTs-a bluff from $50 to $50 feet in
height and 1000 feet in length. As it
was necessary to build a carriageway
under this cliff, and indeed l may say
across it, Col. Norris accomplished it by
building huge fires upon the larger
masses and then dashing cold water upon
the heated surface, which being suddenly
cooled were shattered into fragments
that were easily moved. and thus the
roadbed is composed of broken obsidian,
or volcanic glass: but one would never
imagine that he was driving over a glass
highway unless he CHANGED to get a little
beneath the surface and discovered a bit
Of obsidian that resembles the bottom of
a bottle, as l did. The glass oozes from
the rocks like gum from a tree. II is al
most black, quite Opaque, and the edges
of it when Clipped of at a proper angle
are as sharp as razors. or it the Indians
fashioned a~rrowheads, weapons and
tools. The supply seems inexhaustible,
for it is found in many parts Of the Ma
tional park, and these cliffs alone as q
mine, or fountain, shall / say, Of glass
are probably ~unequaled in the world
Yellowstone Park Cor. San Francisco
Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26

To begin with the vehicle OF publica-
ton. the common idea that articles and
stories which appear in monthly maya
zines, weekly or daily papers, are neces-
sarily fresh from the authors pen, is en-
tirely erroneous. Each magazine or
journal knows its W space require
ments, possibilities and limitations, and
manuscript is engaged or purchased TO fill
its own place according to the editors
and publishers idea Of what is fitting for
the moment or season. Nearly all the
first class magazines pay on acceptance;
but many Of them hold matter thus pur-
chased for months and ever one or two
years, awaiting a fl time, or it may be
W the space for such matter TO be used.
The amount Of ingenuity, planning, de-
liberation, and above all things the tact,
required by a magazine editor who does
his work well car never lie understood by
the outside public, and few writers even.
who harass their editors with importuni-
ties, suggestions and endless inquiries,
have the least idea OF the amount Of
brain and capital he is ~expending daily
in his work; that, to be popular, a maya
zine must meet not only the demand Of
the reading public but a thousand. It
has its business and its literary side, its
poetry and its prose, in more meanings
than one, and the casual purchaser Of
n Of these monthly periodicals, has not
the least conception Of the labor and
though in providing him with pages
which may suit or please his fancy in one
way, il not in another Mrs. Lille in
New York Star.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26
When Grant Closed the Gates.

The recent action of the president in
having the gates Of the White House
grounds closed until after Q O'Clock in tho
morning has caused much comment.
Upon one other occasion. in the summer
Of 1869 or 1870, during Gen. Grants adj
m~inistration, the gates were not only
closed in the morning, but kept closed for
three consecutive days. The reason for
this was TO give a safe pasturage 10 a
feet little Arabian pony, which had been
sent as a gift to the president OF some
member Of his family. While the little
animal nibbled away at the grass or
amused himself, pony fashion, racing
about the grounds through the fine sum.
mer days, the public, who had been de.
barred the privilege Of entering the
grounds. nursed its wrath and sighed for
IN abatement Of the nuisance. For
three days the pony held absolute sway
in the grounds, and then, alas! upon the
fourth his frolicsome spirit departed to
the happy hunting grounds, he having
been mysteriously poisoned, by whom has
never yet transpired. - Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26

"4.o A"ye.t
DR.. II. C. Wood of Philadelphia main
tains that, to make it possible 10 live to a
good old age, the several vital organs must
be approximately equal in strength. The
nan Of ordinary physique, who pos
sesses this fortunate balance of power,
will, in all probability, outlive an athlete
whose development has been unequal.
Excessive strength in one part is, in fact,
a source Of danger. An over-deyeloped
muscular system invites dissolution, be-
cause it is q constant strain upon the less
powerful organs, ard finally wears them
out. Death, in the majority OF cases, is
the result of local weakness II Often
happens that a vital organ has bcen en-
dowed with an original longevity less
than that of the rest of the organism,
and its failure to act brings death to other
portions of the system, which in them
selves possessed the capabilities Of long
life.
The fact Of having succeeded in life,
with the satisfaction and comfort it
brings, contributes to the prolongation Of
existence, while failure. with its resultant
regrets, tends to shorten it. In old age.
the organs possess less elasticity to meet
and overcome such strains as can be in
vited with impunity in youth. Hence the
old should be spared the strains. II is al
SO desirable that, as their years advance,
they should make their personal habits
the subject Of careful study, and, with
the help Of some wise counselor, regulate
their daily life in accordance with the
changed conditions of their animal
economy. This is particularly the case
with reference to diet.-Exchange.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26
An Eccentric millionaire,

Stories are told of persons who have
shown their contempt for superabounding
wealth 10y lighting their cigars with bank
notes possibly they took the number
beforehand and maniacs have been heard
OF who have shod their horses with gold.
Following up these examples in a some.
what more extensive fashion, aSt. Peters.
burg millionaire has just had the walls
81 his smoking room adorned with q
selection Of the bank notes Of the world.
After all. the fantasy may not I've sc
costly as il looks. Most continental coun-
tries, as well as America, issue hank notes
Of very small denominations; and 70 long
as the more valuable issues were used
but sparingly it would be perfectly posi-.
BILE TO paper the walls and ceiling ~ a
fair sized room with hank notes for mucl
less than wouldbe needed to h. expended
upon pictures or frcscocs,-St. James
Gazette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26
A Saw WIthout Tseth.

One Of the most ingenious mechanical
devices recently introduced is a saw with
out teeth, which will cut a steel rail in
two minutes. The saw In question is run
by an eighty horse power ~engine-more
power than is required to run all the
other machinery in the shops-is thirty
eight inches in diameter, and three
eigbths Of an inch thick at the edge.
The disk is made Of Bessemer steel. and
runs at a very high rate Of speed. While
In operation a band Of fire encircles the
saw, the many sparks flying from the
revolving disk resembling a display OF
~pyrotechnics. To keep the saw cool and
prevent It from cracking, a tank Of water
is placed above the machine, from which
q small stream rum down and drops on
the saw while in motion New York
Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26
NOT many moons have waned sin,

NOT many moons have waned since
Becker, OF the Hig Horn Sentinel
joined the grand army OF benedicts
and occasionally there is discerned a
strait OF elevated sentiment in the arti-
cles appearing in his paper. That the
young man is yet in the bud and bios
som of bymenisl bliss will be readily
agreed to after persual of the following
e~ffusion, which appears in his paper,
and as IL IL not credited it shows q
longing desire on his part TO father the
same. woman is the crownjewel Of
the universe, creations masterpiece In
. calico wrapper. Even Omnipotence
had to practice a week on suns, Moons
and s5ars, man, monkeys, angels and
seraphs. before it attem oted to manu-
facture her, and took its first days rest
after the exhausting job was complet-
ed. From the primeval specimen o fthe
race who by a little Irritation with
Beelzebub under u pippin-tree In Eden
got her husband discharged from his
situation as gardener, and kicked over
the fence into a..patch OF briars of an un-
known world, to Mary OF Bethlehem,
Helen Of Troy. Elizabeth and Victoria
Of England, Joan Of Arc, Susan b.
Anthony and Lucy Stone. through
5000 years OF human history, sin, folly,
fun aud sorrow, she has been proverb-
tally at the bottom Of every deviltry
and at the top Of every charity, last at
the cross and first at the sepulcher.
Her broomstick waves, like England's
drum-stick, triumphant around the
globe.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26
Mixed Sensations.

The scarlet sound Of the trumpet. the
chocolate voice Of the contralto. the
Whistler symphonies Of color and per-
fumes IN the major and minor modes are
nothing new, but small Tommy hit upon
a transposition from the domain OF one
sense into that Of another when they gave
him an emulsion Of codliver oil. the other
day. at doesn't taste very bad, does
III" asked the ring ~ kinswomen who
had gathered around. adiuring him TO
stake il liSe"-li,e several sorts Of heroic
beings. "No," said he. trying 10 renew
the sensation caused by lis rassaee over
his tongue. "n-no! II taste like n bronze
kid slippcr-with n squeak in it"-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26
REPRESENTATIVE Browns new

REPRESENTATIVE Browns new
road scheme Is a most p~ernicious one,
in so far that IL provides for the ere
alton Of another and an expensive
county official, the superintendent OF
roads, who Is to have full charge OF
all road matters and draw q big salary.
II our counties were twenty or thirty
miles square, there might be . pre-
tense Of q reason for creating such an
officer, but In q county like Choteau,
for instance. hundreds Of miles In
length and breadth, the road fund
would melt away In travelling expen.
ses and incidentials, under such asys-
tenn, so fast that 1t would make the
county fathers heads swim. Unques-
tionably we need q new road law ~
that enacted by the late lamented Ia 9
dead letter but we doubt II any better
system can be devised than that Of dis.
trict supervisors under the full and
general direction Of the board ofcom.
missioners.-Rive Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26

President Arthur's First Proclamation.
II will tell you a curious story about
President Arthur. +" said a gentleman who
had long been intimate with him in con.
versation with a New York Sun reporter,
that illustrates his extraordinary eau
ton. After Garfield was shot, you
know, there was no one to act as vice
president, as the senate had adjourned
without electing a president pro TEN.
When Garfield finally died and Arthur
was sworn in by Judge Bradley at mid.
night the first thing he did was to pre-
pare a proclamation calling the senate to-
gether at once, and that same night, be-
fore he went to bed, he signed and sealed
it and sent it by mail, addressed TO him
self at Washington. That was TO pro-
vide for any emergency that might hap
pen. II he had been assassinated, which
would not have been strange, or had been
killed by accident on his way to Wash
ington, the clerks at the White House
would have opened the mail and would
have found in proper form a document
that would have prevented confusion, for
in the event Of Arthur's death there
would have been no one with authority
to summon congress. Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26

District Of the Territory OF Montana within and
for the county Of Custer.
Acton brought In the
Andrew ], Maxwell, District Court Of the
Fourth Judicial Dis-
Pisintin,I trict Of the Territory Of
Montana, In AMI for The
AoAiNsr county Of custer, and
the complaint fled In
marceils maxwell, said county Of Custer.
In the Once OF the
Defendant clerk Of said District
Court.
The people Of the Territory OF Montana send
greeting 10 Marcella Maxwell, defendant. You are
hereby required TO appear in an action brought
against you by the a'oye named plaintiff, In the
District court Of the Fourth Judicial District of
the Territory OF Montana, In and for the said
county OF Custer, AMI 10 answer the complaint
fled therein, within ten days Exclusive Of the day
Of ~service) sfer the service on you Of this sum
mons-ifserved within this c un,y, or, n served
out Of this county, but in this district, then with.
In twenty days otherwise wi hin forty days-or
judgment by d. fault will b. taken against you, 40.
cording TO the prayer Of said complaint.
The said action Is brought TO d ssosve the bonds
OF mairimony existing between the plaintiff and
defendant upon the ground that the said defendant
disIegariing the solemnity Of her marriage VOWS.
wilfuily and without cause deserted and sbandon-
ed the plaintiff In the year 1871. and ever ainoe
that time has and still continues soto vilfullv and
Without cause desert and abandon said plaintiff
and to live separate and apart from him without
his consent. And for costs, o. will more fully ap.
pear by reference 10 the compla nj on file herein.
And you 10 hereby notified that ~ you fail 70
appear and answer the said complaint, a. above 70.
9uired, the said plaintiff will apply. to the court
for the relief demanded In the complaint.
Given under my hand aud the seal u the Distric,
Court Of the Fourth Judicial Distric,
o. the Territory OF Montana, In and
for the said county Of Custer this 18th
lsEAL.l day OF December, In the year Of oui
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six.
JAMES MCFARLAND, Clerk.
TREvELL & GARLocE.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26
Unsuryeyed Public Lands.

Although the best Of the public lands
have gone. IL is encouraging 10 note that
there still remains u~nsurveyed about o.
900, 000 acres in Colorado; 12,0 900, 900 In
Arizona, nearly 80, 900, 900 in California,
$1,000 900 in Dakota, 1000, 900 in Flor
ida, 1900, 900 in Idaho, 1000, 900 in
Minnesota, 30, 900, 900 in Nevada, "a
10000 In Montana, Al, 200, 900 in Utah,
more than 90, 900, 900 in Washington ter
ritory, and no on.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-26
Wednesday, January as, 1857.
A JACKSON, Miss, telegram says: 1t
is an open secret that under Postmas.
ter Villas many notable changes In the

A JACKSON, Miss, telegram says: II
10 an open secret that under Postmas.
ter Villas many notable changes In the
management of the postofics depart
ment have been inaugurated; but q
welLauthenticsted story which has
reached here from Corinth. Miss,
shows the latest innovation upon the
service. 1t seems that the postoffice
In that town Ia not provided with
loek-boxes, but uses what art known
a. call-boxes, with ordinary glass
fronts. Several times lately these
glass fronts hsve been broken In, thus
enabling the burglar to run his arm
through the hole and take out what
ever CHANGED to be in reach. The
postmaster procured a heavy steel
trap, such as are ordinarily used for
catching beavers. and placed 1t on the
inside OF the Office in a drawer in
In reach Of he burglar should he come
again. He came that night, broke the
box front rs usual and was caught by
the trap, his hand being SO tightly
held. aud badly mashed that he was
compelled to stand till the postmaster
cAme. Upon the officers arrival he
had % go for some one TO assist him In
turning his prisoner loose, ~ the trap
wa too strong to be worked by one
man. Upon his return with assistance
the prisoner had with his free hand
taken his knife from his pocket,
opened it with his teeth and attempted
TO cut his throat and end his life. He
was bloody all owe and at first
thought TO be fatally stabbed. but 10
now recovering. He proved to be the
son Of q prominent citizel Of Corinth.
Two officers have been in charge Of
the prisoner at his iather's residence
during his treatment by doctors. 1t
10 thought that hereafter all country
postoffices will he provided with steel
traps.